The 2N-ary choice tree model for N-alternative preferential choice

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue JUN, 2012, Pages

  Wollschläger, Lena M ^a   Diederich, Adele ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

2N ary choice tree model; Choice probabilities; Computational model; Elimination of choice alternatives; Multi attribute choice alternatives; Multiple choice alternatives; Preferential choice; Response times

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867115908     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00189     Document Type: Article

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